Monday, November 4 2019 17:16

ArmInfo. An agreement has been reached with Russian colleagues and soon the Armenian side will have a representative at the Upper Lars checkpoint. This was announced on November 4 by the chairman of the State Revenue Committee (CSG) of  Armenia David Ananyan.

According to him, after reaching this agreement  between the SRC of the RA and the Customs Service of the Russian  Federation, the issue began to be resolved through diplomatic  channels. "It remains only in the near future to discuss the issue of  a suitable candidate, after which we will have our representative at  the checkpoint," Ananyan noted.It should be noted that Armenian  exporters have repeatedly complained about "artificial congestion" at  the Verkhny Lars checkpoint.

 The question arose sharply, especially after the innovations of  customs control. According to customs information, weight control  began to operate in mid-September in the framework of the decree of  the Government of the Russian Federation of 1998 "On state control  over the implementation of international road transport." The  introduction of weight control at the checkpoint 21 years after the  adoption of the decree of the Government of the Russian Federation  was explained by the long process of complex equipment of the  checkpoint. Meanwhile, heavy truck drivers claim that they did not  know about the innovations and are outraged by what is  happening.Meanwhile, the Export Armenia Association of Experts has  repeatedly raised before the government the issue of lawlessness on  the part of Russian customs officers at the Verkhny Lars checkpoint.  Such behavior undermines, discredits the very idea, the essence of  the Customs Union as such. "Not a single EAEU country has a similar  problem except Armenia. That means we must achieve equal logistics  conditions with other EAEU countries. Therefore, cargo from Armenia  should not be subjected to customs control, as cargo from Belarus,  Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan and Russia are not subject to. crossing each  other's borders, "the head of the Association, Emil Stepanyan, said  in an interview with ArmInfo correspondent. The association offers  the government to raise the issue of creating a separate "green  corridor" for Armenian exporters. "We all must realize that  correcting the problem associated with the Verkhny Lars checkpoint  will reduce exporters' expenses on logistics, transportation time to  the EAEU countries, which in turn will increase the competitiveness  of Armenian products," he said.